Stavroula Constantinou (born 1975) is a Cypriot academic who specialises in Byzantine literature.

Biography

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in 1975. She studied Byzantine, Western Medieval and Modern Greek Literature at the

University of Cyprus The University of Cyprus (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου) is a public research university established in Cyprus in 1989. It admitted its first students in 1992 and has approximately 7000 students. History The University of Cyprus wa ...

from 1992 to 1996, the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

from 1997 to 1999 and the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

from 1999 to 2004. Constantinou was also at the Free University of Berlin from 2000 to 2003 and was awarded a doctorate of philosophy degree in Byzantine Literature from that institution. Constantinou has taught Byzantine

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the University of Cyprus since 2004. She was at the Free University once more for 2010–11 as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellow. Constantinou's fields of research include

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, Byzantine literary genres, poetry, performances and feminism and she has published 20 scholarly articles. She has published two books: ''Female corporeal performances : reading the body in Byzantine passions and lives of holy women'' in 2005 and ''Court ceremonies and rituals of power in Byzantium and the medieval Mediterranean : comparative perspectives'' in 2013. Constantinou is a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Constantinou, Stavroula 1975 births Living people 21st-century historians 21st-century philologists 21st-century Cypriot women 21st-century women writers Akrotiri and Dhekelia people Alumni of the University of Cambridge University of Cyprus alumni Free University of Berlin alumni Women literary historians Academic staff of the University of Cyprus Scholars of Byzantine literature Cypriot women historians